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A reviewer calls Unspoken "Both heart-wrenching and hopeful, shining with the grit of those who dare to redefine what 'home' truly means."

With new research showing the world's fresh water supply is quickly disappearing, it's not a leap for an author to plot a dystopian waterless future — and another novel in The Dust Series

On This Day: On July 19, 1937, the search for Amelia Earhart's plane ended. "She was in rebellion against a world that had been made, for women, too safe, too confining."

How did Ruby Lee Becker, the main character in Unspoken: A Dust Novel, become a heroine on the classic hero’s journey?

How I wrote a historically accurate, wickedly fictional novel by gathering ten years of Texas research—on wheels, by click, and by page

I'm playing favorites with books while I count down the days to the Unspoken Book Club Launch July3. Catch three+ of my favorites.

Even the dystopian novels I'm reading these days aren't predicting that. Instead, they're showing us our history, and a way forward.

What Did It Take to Become America’s First Female Cabinet Member? The only woman in the room, and the only individual to serve in FDR’s cabinet for his entire term, arrived for her job interview on February 22, 1933 with a very ambitious list.

On This Day 90 Years Ago, the Biggest, Baddest, Blackest Dust Storm of Them All Struck the Texas Panhandle — and set the stage for the opening of my historical novel, Unspoken (A Dust Novel) ... on Black Sunday: April 14, 1935.

Nearly a century ago, the unthinkable happened: The U.S. was five years into the biggest ecological disaster we'd ever known.

These authors found inspiration in the hidden histories of accomplished women, whose achievements went untold.

When the fire broke out in a trash can on March 25, 1911, only one garment worker noticed. But soon the flames and smoke were inescapable.

UNSPOKEN shines a light on women driven apart by disaster who persevere, with themes of estrangement and upheaval that still resonate today.

Just when you get used to land, lots of land, and starry skies above, Texas shows you something else. Take a Panhandle road trip in photos.

Quitter's Day has come and gone, and with it, 80% of our 2025 New Year Resolutions. It's not too late for this smoother means to success.

When you’re researching historical fiction, it would be so much easier to rev up the Time Machine. Here's how I did without time travel.

The popularity of historical fiction with book clubs has soared. Read why in my conversation with historical author Janis Robinson Daly

Let's say you're not from Texas. (Cue Lyle Lovett) But you got here quick as you could. Now you want to learn how to be a Texan. Here's how.

Hitting the road is part of my creative process. And I never pass by a historical marker without braking.

A Trio of Pumps, Shamrock, Texas by Jann Alexander ©2015 It’s no secret that bad things come in threes. If you step off the sidewalk...